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PostPosted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 8:05 pm    Post subject: Cargilfield Prep School Reply with quote

Here are photos taken within the Cargilfield Prep School memorial chapel.
My thanks to the school staff who granted me permission.

I have managed to identify most of the men, especially the Great War casualties. I will print a basic list after the photos.

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Great War Casualties

Abel, John Duncan, 2nd Lieutenant, Seaforth Highlanders
Adams, Ord, 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Artillery
Alston, Robert Charles Wallace, Captain, Highland Light Infantry
Anderson, Charles Hamilton, Captain, Highland Light Infantry
Anderson, Edward Kerr, Captain, Highland Light Infantry att Royal Flying Corps
Balfour-Melville, James Elliot, 2nd Lieutenant, Black Watch
Bannatyne, Douglas Alexander, Lieutenant, Royal Scots
Benton, Ronald Mackenzie, 2nd Lieutenant, Durham Light Infantry att Sikhs
Bidie, George Maxwell Vereker, Lieutenant, Royal Scots att Royal Flying Corps
Black, James Elliot, Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps att Bedfordshire Regiment
Black, Maurice Adam, Major, Dragoon Guards att Royal Flying Corps
Blair, Alexander McPherson, Captain, South Lancashire Regiment
Blair, Patrick Edward Adam, 2nd Lieutenant, Black Watch
Boyd, James Wilson Brack, Captain, York & Lancaster Regiment
Boyd, Nigel John Lawson, 2nd Lieutenant, Black Watch
Boyd, William Noel Lawson, 2nd Lieutenant, Seaforth Highlanders
Broadrick, George Fletcher, Lieutenant-Colonel, Borders Regiment
Bruce, Colin, Lieutenant, Black Watch later 14th att 6th Highland Light Infantry
Campbell, Torquil Lorne, 2nd Lieutenant, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Campbell-Colquhoun, Ernest Forbes, 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Carmichael-Gibson, Alexander David, Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Navy
Chalmers, Archibald Douglas, Lieutenant, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Clarke, Ian Hay Steuart, Lieutenant, Wilde’s Rifles, Indian Army
Conn, James Fullerton Caldwell, Captain, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Cooper, William Dermot, Captain, Ayrshire Yeomanry
Cotterill, John Henry, 2nd Lieutenant, Black Watch
Cowan, Robert Craig, 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Scots
Cowan, John Orr Craig, Captain, Royal Scots
Cross, James, 2nd Lieutenant, Divisional Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery
Darnell, Aubrey Hugh, Major, Australian Infantry Force
Davidson, Duncan Hemelin [or Hamlyn], Captain, Seaforth Highlanders
Dewar, Ian Dalrymple, Captain, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Dickson, Alan James, Lieutenant, Highland Light Infantry
Dobie, James Jardine, Captain, King Edward’s Hussars
Don, Reginald Gilbert, 2nd Lieutenant, Black Watch
Donald, Colin George Hamilton, 2nd Lieutenant, Seaforth Highlanders
Duff, Guy Leith Assheton, Captain, Royal Field Artillery
Duncan, Alexander Bell, 2nd Lieutenant, Indian Light Cavalry
Dunn-Pattison, Richard Phillipson, Captain, Devonshire Regiment
Ellice, Alexander, Captain, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
Ellice, Andrew, Robert, Lieutenant, Grenadier Guards
Ellice, William, Midshipman, Royal Navy
Findlay, Robert De Cardonnel, Captain, Seaforth Highlanders
Fisher, Edward Humbert, 2nd Lieutenant, Yorkshire Regiment
Fraser, Andrew Knowles, Captain, Seaforth Highlanders
Gallaway, John Henry, Private, Royal Army Service Corps
Gallie, Edward Archibald, Lieutenant, Highland Light Infantry
Galloway, Ronald Moncrieff, Lieutenant, Royal Scots
Geddes, John, Captain, Canadian Infantry
Gibson, Horsburgh, 2nd Lieutenant, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Gibson, Mungo Campbell, Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Naval Division
Gillespie, Alexander Douglas, 2nd Lieutenant, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Gillespie, Thomas Cunningham, Lieutenant, King’s Own Scottish Borderers
Gilmour, Douglas, Lieutenant, Seaforth Highlanders
Graham, Donald Hatt Noble, Captain, Black Watch
Gray-Buchanan, Cecil Gordon, Trooper, Australian Light Horse
Gray-Buchanan, Walter Bruce, Captain, Scottish Rifles [Cameronians]
Gwyer, Alastair or Alexander Grant, Captain, Dragoon Guards
Hamilton, George, Lieutenant, Scots Guards
Hamilton, Harry Austin, Major, Royal Field Artillery
Hemingway, James, 2nd Lieutenant, Seaforth Highlanders
Henderson, Michael William, Lieutenant-Colonel, Black Watch
Hewat, James Govan Argyll, Captain, Black Watch
Higginbotham, Charles Ernest, Major, Northamptonshire Regiment
Hill, Phillip Geoffrey Powys, Major, Australian Infantry Force
Inglis [or Ingles], James Arthur Chetwynd, Lieutenant, Highland Light Infantry att Seaforth Highlanders
Johnston, Robert Graham, Lieutenant, Seaforth Highlanders
Keating, George Henry, Lieutenant, Cambridge Regiment
Ker, William, Lieutenant, Royal Naval Division
Kirk, Henry Buchanan, Brigadier-General, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Laidlaw, Robert Stewart, Lieutenant, Australian Royal Navy
Littleboy, Frederick Graham, Lieutenant, Royal West Kent att Worcestershire Regiment
Low, David Carmichael, 2nd Lieutenant, Gordon Highlanders
MacAlpine-Downie, James Robert, Lieutenant-Colonel, Argyll &Sutherland Highlanders
McCosh, Edward, Major, Highland Light Infantry
McCowan, Hew, Lieutenant, Scottish Rifles [Cameronians]
MacDonald, John, Captain, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
MacDuff, Alexander, Captain, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
Macfie, Claud William, 2nd Lieutenant, 3rd South Staffordshire Regiment att Bedfordshire Regiment
McJannet, Hector William, Captain, Royal Field Artillery
Mackay, Ian Norman, Private, Highland Light Infantry
Mackenzie, Kenneth, Captain, Royal Scots
McKerrow, Charles Kenneth, Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps att Northumberland Fusiliers
MacKinnon, Roy Livingston, Captain, Gordon Highlanders
Mackintosh, Alastair Hugh, Captain, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
Maclehose, James Colin, 2nd Lieutenant, Rifle Brigade
Macleod, Donald, Captain, Liverpool Regiment
McNeill, Malcolm, Lieutenant-Colonel, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
MacTier, Henry MacKinnon, Major, Garhwal Rifles, Indian Army
Maxwell, Thomas, 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Maxwell, Wellwood, 2nd Lieutenant, London Regiment
Methven, David George, Captain, Seaforth Highlanders
Mitchell, James Lawson, Major, Royal Field Artillery
Mitchell, John Halliburton, Captain, Royal Scots
Monteith, John Cassels, Lieutenant-Colonel, Bedfordshire Regiment
Monteith, Matthew Rankin, 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Engineers
Monteith, William Neve, Lieutenant, Rifle Brigade
Moore, Gerald Alexander Clifford, Lieutenant, Scottish Rifles [Cameronians]
Nairn, Ian Couper, Captain, Fife & Forfar Yeomanry
Parker-Smith, Wilmot Babington, Lieutenant, Scottish Horse att Black Watch
Petersen, William Sinclair, 2nd Lieutenant, Essex Royal Horse Artillery att Life Guards
Pim, Thomas, Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery att Royal Air Force
Pringle, Robert Scott, Lieutenant, Royal West Surrey Regiment
Renton, Francis Wallace Home, Lieutenant, Border Regiment
Renwick, Hugh Archibald, Captain, South Wales Borderers att Royal Air Force
Robertson, Lewis, Captain, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
Robertson, Maxwell Alexander, Captain, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Ross, James, Private, London Regiment
Salvesen, Edward Maxwell, Lieutenant, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Salvesen, Eric Thomas Somervell, 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Scots
Salvesen, Frederick Malcolm Ross, Captain, Punjabis, Indian Army
Schafer, Thomas Sydney, 2nd Lieutenant, Northumberland Fusiliers
Smith, Herbert Shaw, 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Scots
Sprot, James William Lennox, Captain, Black Watch
Stephen, James Howie Frederic, Lieutenant, Highland Light Infantry
Stocks, Harris Lawrence, Major, Royal Scots
Thomas, Howard Victor Fraser, Captain, Royal Scots
Thomson, William Bannantyne, Barrister at law, Northern Nigeria
Thornburn, John Morgan, Captain, Royal Fusiliers
Townsend, Lionel George Oliver, Captain, South Staffordshire Regiment
Tullis, John Drysdale, Captain, Royal Scots Fusiliers
Tullis, William, Captain, Royal Scots Fusiliers att Northumberland Fusiliers
Ward, William Denny, Private, Rhodesian Regiment
Wilson, Philip John Conning, Lieutenant, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
Wolfe-Murray, Arthur Alexander, Brigadier-General, Highland Light Infantry att Training Battalion
Young, Eric Templeton, Captain, Scottish Rifles [Cameronians]

World War 2 Casualties

Adams, Norman Vere Maxwell, Lieutenant, Army Air Corps
Aird-Smith, William, Brigadier, Rajputana Rifles
Allan, James Calderwood, Sergeant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Barclay, Walter Patrick, Lieutenant-Colonel, Black Watch
Barge, Robert Nigel Kenneth, Lieutenant, Royal Engineers
Beckett, William, Lieutenant, Scots Guards
Bennett, George Henry Sydney, Sergeant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Black, Stewart Belfrage, 2nd Lieutenant, Seaforth Highlanders
Brown, Adam Thorburn, 2nd Lieutenant, Lothian & Borders Horse Yeomanry
Brown, James Hardie, Squadron Leader, Royal Air Force
Brown, Nigel Stuart Hally, Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Clark, Francis William, Major, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Cotterill, Colin Wynne, Flight Sergeant, Royal air Force Volunteer Reserve
Cowan, Michael Harry Tennant, Major, Gurkha Rifles
Craig, Robert William, Captain, Royal Artillery
Davidson, Duncan Guillemard Gordon, Lieutenant, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
Duxbury, Gordon Hinshelwood, Major, King’s Own Royal Regiment
Falconar-Stewart, Ronald George, Squadron Leader, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Fraser, Simon Keith, Major, Seaforth Highlanders
Fraser, Patrick Constable, Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force
Gibson, Alexander, Captain, Cameronians [Scottish Rifles]
Gibson, William Henry, 2nd Lieutenant, Cameronians [Scottish Rifles]
Gifford, John Renshaw, Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Grant, Alistair, Major, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
Grant-Smith, Ronald Mackay, Captain, Seaforth Highlanders
Gunn, Alistair Donald Mackintosh, Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Hills, John, Squadron-Leader, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Hood, Alistair Horsley, Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Humble, Richard, Lieutenant, Scots Guards
Leith-Buchanan, David Gustavus James, Lieutenant, Royal Artillery
MacDonald, Harold Kennedy, Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force Auxiliary Reserve
McKelvie, Kenneth James, Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
MacQueen, Norman Carter, Flight Officer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Millar, John Arthur Scott, Lieutenant, Mahratta Light Infantry
Murdoch, Alan, Lieutenant-Colonel, Lanarkshire Yeomanry att Royal Artillery
Murray, George Wingate, Lieutenant, Royal Navy
Nimmo, George Robertson, Major, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders att KOSB
Nimmo, James Robertson, Major, Burma Regiment
Nimmo, Patrick, Captain, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (See next page for newspaper article)
Norie, Evelyn Arundell Medows, Lieutenant-Colonel, King’s Own Royal Regiment
Ogilvie, Patrick Bruce Bine, Group Captain, Royal Air Force
Sandilands, Robert Bruys, Lieutenant-Colonel, The Buffs
Pitcairn, Andrew Alexander, Major, Black Watch
Pollok-Morris, Robert John, Major, Royal Scots Fusiliers
Ramsay, Charles Douglas, Flying Officer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Ramsay, G.M., Sudan
Robertson, James Bruce, Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Navy
Rose, Hugh, Lieutenant, Black Watch
Scott, William John Moir, Flying Officer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Smith Kenneth Hew, Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Smith, Ronald M G, Captain, Seaforth Highlanders
Spens, Walter John McClelland, Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Navy
Steele, John, Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Stewart, R.G., Commander, Royal Navy
Thomson, John Rauthmell, Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Thomson, Ronald Roumieu, Wing Commander, Royal Air Force
Tinn, Peter Norman, Captain, Highland Light Infantry
Tudsbery, Robin F.S., Lieutenant, Royal Horse Guards
Uniacke, Robie Dennis Woodgate, Lieutenant-Colonel, Royal Tank Regiment
Walls, James David, Flight Sergeant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Waterston, George MacDougall, Private, Army Air Corps, Parachute Regiment
Whitson, Wilfred Michael Alexander, Captain, Royal Artillery att RAF
Woodsend, Philip Kenneth, Flying Officer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Young, Michael Clive, Sergeant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve


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PostPosted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks LiT. A quick check for both wars shows that only 10 men out of the 190 were not commissioned when they died.

This man is also commemorted on the Edderton Memorial near Tain

FINDLAY, Robert De Cardonnel
Rank: Captain
Unit: 1/4th (Ross-Highland) Battalion Seaforth Highlanders T.F.
Died: 11.3.15 Neuve Chapelle
Age: 46
Parent: James Findlay of Easterhill, Lanarkshire
Home: Aultnamain, Edderton
Commemorated: Le Touret Memorial, France
Memorials:Listed on the Edderton War Memorial

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dickson, Alan James, Lt. 2nd Highland Light Infantry is also commemorated by a window in Hillside Church near Montrose. See here

http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?p=35528

And on the Fettes College War Memorial here

http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=1149

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 8:59 am    Post subject: A quick check of my database found details of former pupils Reply with quote

Abel John Duncan 2nd Lt Seaforth Highlanders Edinburgh Killed in Action F & F 26-Mar-18 City Roll of Honour: 43 Rubislaw Den South, Aberdeen. Officers Book page 164. Son of Constance Annie Abel, 20 Whitehall Terr; Aberdeen. Born 1898 1901 Census 87 Fountainhall Rd; Pozieres Memorial M. R. 27 Panel 72 Aberdeen City
Davidson Duncan Hamlyn Capt Seaforth Highlanders Kincardine O' Neil b 28/03/1877 Age 38 Killed in Action F & F 09-May-15 Son of Duncan Davidson, Inchmarlo House, Banchory. Le Touret Memorial M. R. 22 Panel 38 or 39 ADJ 17/5/15 P4 wounded 17/12/14 over age. Banchory Photo taken 2001 Nov


MacKinnon Roy Livingston Capt MiD (2) 4th Gordon Highlanders Age 29 Died Home 15-Apr-21 Son of William & Alison Frances (nee Horne) MacKinnon, 60 Union St; Aberdeen. City Roll of Honour: Binghill, Murtle. Aberdeen (Allenvale) Cemetery U. K. Aberdeen (Allenvale) C.26 Aberdeen City

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 6:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lt Commander Gibson was a son of the owner of shipping company George Gibson and Co.. After Cargilfield he went on to Loretto.

GIBSON, MUNGO CAMPBELL
Initials: M C
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieut-Commander
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: Nelson Bn. R.N. Div.
Date of Death: 03/05/1915
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 8 to 15.
Memorial: HELLES MEMORIAL
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 3:07 pm    Post subject: Lt. David G.J. Leith-Buchanan Reply with quote

David Gustavus James Leith-Buchanan who is listed on this memorial has an entry in the "Writers to the Signet" Roll of Honour book for WW2.

Name: LEITH BUCHANAN, DAVID GUSTAVUS JAMES
Initials: D G J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 54 Heavy Regt.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 24/02/1941
Service No: 88425
Additional information: Son of James M. B. Leith Buchanan and Katie Isabel Leith Buchanan, of Nairn.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. B8. Grave 388.
Cemetery: NAIRN CEMETERY

His middle name of Gustavus is alternatively given as Augustus.

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 3:24 pm    Post subject: Sqn. Ldr. James Hardie Brown D.S.O. D.F.C. Reply with quote

lost in tilloy wrote:
Brown, James Hardie, Squadron Leader, Royal Air Force


(Glasgow Herald 12th September 1945)
"Previously reported missing, believed to have lost his life as the result of air operations on 27th August 1944, now officially presumed killed. Acting Squadron Leader James Hardie Brown D.S.O. D.F.C. , R.A.F. (C.O. No.6 squadron C.M.F.) only son of the late captain J. Hardie Brown M.C. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, and of Mrs Laing, 14 Wester Coates Avenue, Edinburgh."

CWGC
Name: BROWN, JAMES HARDIE
Initials: J H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Squadron Leader
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 6 Sqdn.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 27/08/1944
Service No: 43955
Awards: D S O, D F C
Additional information: Son of Capt. James Hardie Brown, M.C., The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, killed in action in France, 1918, and Lena Hardie Brown. B.A., Hons.(Cantab): Pembroke College.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 12, Column 2.
Memorial: MALTA MEMORIAL

SNWM
Surname: BROWN
Firstname: James Hardie
Service number: 43955
Date of death: 27/08/1944
Decoration: D.S.O., D.F.C.
Place of birth: Edinburgh
SNWM roll: ROYAL AIR FORCE and DOMINION AIR FORCES
Rank: Sqn Ldr

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 3:51 pm    Post subject: Mjr. Henry MacKinnon MacTier Reply with quote

WW1
MacTier, Henry MacKinnon, Major, Garhwal Rifles, Indian Army

Also on the St Andrews Memorial.

MACTIER, HENRY MacKINNON
Rank: Major
Date of Death: 12/03/1915
Age: 48
Regiment/Service: 39th Garhwal Rifles 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: IV. G. 4.
Cemetery: LAVENTIE MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE
Additional Information: Son of the late William F. and Adeline Anne Mactier, of St. Andrews, Fife.

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 2:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is it unusual to see three brothers killed in WW2?

NIMMO, GEORGE ROBERTSON
Rank:Major
Service No:50140
Date of Death:15/05/1944
Age:34
Regiment/Service:Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
attd. 2nd Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Awards:M C
Grave Reference7. A. 3.
CemeteryIMPHAL WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Alexander and Eliza Brown Nimmo, of Falkirk, Stirlingshire. B.A. (Cantab)., L.L.B.

NIMMO, JAMES RUSSELL
Rank:Major
Service No:ABRO/274
Date of Death:15/02/1944
Age:31
Regiment/Service:Burma Regiment
Awards:D S O, Mentioned in Despatches
Grave Reference2. G. 17.
CemeteryRANGOON WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Alexander and Eliza Brown Nimmo, of Falkirk, Stirlingshire. B.A. (Cantab.).

NIMMO, PATRICK
Rank:Captain
Service No:66184
Date of Death:10/12/1940
Age:25
Regiment/Service:Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Grave Reference7. B. 4.
CemeteryHALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Alexander and Eliza Brown Nimmo, of Edinburgh.

The family grave is in Camelon Cemetery - see http://scottishwargraves.phpbbweb.com/scottishwargraves-post-2373.html

and this confirms that it is James Russell rather than Robertson.
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James William Lennox Sprot Lt/T Capt Black Watch born London 04/07/1886 Age 28 Killed in Action F & F 11-Nov-14 Son of the late Edward Sprot, Drygrange, Roxburghshire & Mrs Sprot, Banchory. Mother Marion Gray Boyd. Brother of Ivan Boyd Sprot also killed. Educated: Cargilfield Prep School. Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres M. R. 29 Panel 37 Banchory & Cargilfield
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Ronald MacKenzie Benton 2nd Lt Durham Light Infantry attd ULIA (Indian) India 13/10/1894 Age 21 Killed in Action Mesopotamia 07-Jun-16 Son of Sir John Benton KCIE, 15 Albert St; Aberdeen. Mother Margaret Forsyth Dick. Aberdeen Grammar School Roll of Honour page 87. Educated Cargilfield Prep School. City Roll of Honour : Military College, Standhurst. 53rd Sikhs (F. F.) 49 Silverdale Rd; Eastbourne. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq Iraq 5 Plot XVI Row E Grave 1 City Cargifield & Grammar
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 10:44 am    Post subject: Charles William Bruce Regiment says Black Watch & RFC? Reply with quote

Charles William Bruce Capt Gordon Highlanders & RFC Killed Home 22-Nov-17 Educated: Cargilfield Prep School. Officers Book page 166. Probate Will Date: 28 Feb 1918: Address: South Lodge, Aldeburgh, Suffolk: to Archibald Dacres Austin Bruce. Southend-On-Sea Cemetery, Essex U. K. Southend B.2315
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Alan James Dickson Lt 2nd Highland Light Infantry Laurencekirk 28/02/1892 Age 22 Killed in Action F & F 14-Nov-14 Son of Patrick & Mrs R I Dickson, Sunnyside House, Montrose. Native of Laurencekirk. Officers Book page 162. Roll of Honour: Vol II Page 100. Educated Fettes College, Edinburgh & Merton College, Oxford. The Bond of Sacrifice: Vol I: Page 111: Photo. Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres M. R. 29 Panel 38 Cragifield Fettes & Hillside Church, Montrose
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Alexander Bell Duncan 2nd Lt 28th Indian Army, Cavalry Age 31 Died of Wounds Iran 05-Aug-16 Son of Charles Duncan, Advocate, Aberdeen BA (Oxon) ICS. Son of the late Charles Duncan, Procurator-Fiscal & Page 10 : Youngest son. Educated Cargilfield Prep School. City Roll of Honour: 20 Queens Rd; Tehran War Cemetery, Iran A 82 Sp Mem 5 PJ 12-08-16 Page 6: Col 6 City & Cargilfield
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John Geddes Capt 16th Canadian Inf (Manitoba Regt) Abroad 06/11/1878 Valcartier Age 37 Killed in Action F & F 24-Apr-15 Son of Alexander & Frances Robertson (nee Sharp) Geddes, Blairmore. Can Records: KoN: Glass. Born Chicago, USA. Educated: Cargilfield Prep School. Husband of Helen Geddes, 1045 Lexham Gdns; Kensington, London. Can Records : 175 Central Ave, Winnipeg. Occ: Agent. Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres M. R. 29 Panel 24-26-28-30 Cargilfield & Glass
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